The darkened skies began to clear away as Malov’s space cruiser moved into deep space, away from the Umbaran homeworld and past its patrol fleet sitting in orbit around the planet.  As he pulled his mask from his face, a cold sneer crossed his lips.  After he had carried out the orders to kill the two jedi, Malov had been ordered by Darth Crudelis to return to exact his full plans, the unchallenged rule of Umbara.

However, that day was coming to an end, and Malov knew the cause.  With the flicking of a few buttons, the conniving Darth Seducus  brought a screen to his face, an open channel opening up at his command.  It took a few minutes for him to bring up his master’s home channel, and he was aware that his master was not home, not yet.

But he will be, and this message would be the last thing he saw.

The Sith Lord took a few minutes, the Zeltron scratching his chin as he considered the words to be delivered to his master’s manse in the last few seconds of his life, but he well knew the message he wanted to send.  With another push of a button on his cruiser, the man took a few steps into the recording droid’s camera, and from his lips were uttered this message.

[color=ed145b]“Hello, My Master.”[/color]  Darth Secudus began, his hood and mask pulled back to reveal his face, a sneer engraved upon his features. [color=ed145b]“I want you to know that your final will is done.  The Sylx family will be no more and those jedi will never deliver their message, you are no officially unopposed to rule on Umbara.”[/color]

A brief pause, but Seducus’ face only became more menacing and conniving as time went on.

[color=ed145b]“However, you’re probably wondering why I’m not back with you awaiting your next orders...I have good reason for such a move.”[/color]  His words were followed with a scoff, now pacing back and forth in front of the recording droid. [color=ed145b]“While normally, rigging up the Sylx manse to have some electrical failures would be the end of it...I may have told my men to bury a few blaster bolts in them as well...and add a few clues at the scene…”  [/color]He gestured with a free hand. [color=ed145b]“Not to mention that I was...sloppy in taking the security footage from the bar, implicating it was someone in your manse that stole the footage.” [/color] He pointed at the recording droid, his eyes bearing into its camera as if he was looking at Darth Crudelis himself with each word. [color=ed145b]“I’ve set you up, my master, and I know what you’re thinking. ‘But Seducus, you know I will just explain this all away, I’m the most powerful man on Umbara!’  This is true...if you have the time, you can cover all this up rather easily.”[/color]

Malov paused for only a moment, his smirk returning to his face as he continued.

[color=ed145b]“That is but only the reason I put this so late.  By now, you’re probably already feeling the Dioxis gas I’ve had circulating your Manse since I left, and are far too weak to fight back.  This will be followed by one of my men, a Clawdite I told to disguise himself as a vengeful Slyx loyal, to blow your room the termite charges I’ve been subtly placing within your Manse for weeks.  You will die in your home, and the Umbarans will discover that you were a Sith Lord with two dead jedi under his belt in a dump outside of a bar.  With the Sylx retaliation, they will think the threat of the Sith is finished.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I understand this is not the typical way Sith change hands.  We usually duel on a mountain with lightsabers until one of us dies.  A display of power and anger and emotions until one of us shows how powerful we are.  However, you were the one who decided to make a career criminal into a Sith, and if this isn’t a display of how Powerful I truly am, then I’m not sure what is.”[/color]

With those words, Seducus placed his mask back on, pulling the hood back over his head.

[color=ed145b]“Besides, Umbara?  One planet?  Who wants to rule one lousy planet?  With the plans I have, I’ve got a much better design for this galaxy.”[/color]

He turned from the recording droid, making his way to the window as he spoke.

[color=ed145b]“I’m going to take this galaxy back, My master.  The reign of Darth Seducus will make these systems shake and quiver as I cut my legacy into each any every one of them…

We will rule the Galaxy once more.”[/color]